The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother(A) is in the darkness until now.

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Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[a](A) is still in the darkness.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

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11 But the one who hates his brother(A) is in the darkness, walks in the darkness,(B) and doesn’t know where he’s going,(C) because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(A) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(B) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(C)

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11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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Keeping God’s Commands

20 If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother,(A) he is a liar.(B) For the person who does not love his brother(C) he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:20 Other mss read has seen, how is he able to love . . . seen? (as a question)

20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(A) is a liar.(B) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(C) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(D)

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20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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